Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-15
ALCOHOL NO FOOD.
4 Very Able and Intsressing Paper. by n
Physiological Expert.

ALCOHOL NO FOOD.
4 Very Able and Intsre.sing Paper, by n
Physiological Expert.
FRANKLIN. o., Oct. 10. 1857.
To the Editor Of the Republic:
II was not until the evening Of Octobs I
7th. Just as l was about leaving your Cham
pion City. where the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union had been so royalty en-
tertained, that my attention was called to
your paper Of October 5th. and to the fact
that in it you had given me text for ser
mon. Perhaps. even at this late day, you
will permit me to preach little from this
text.
You quote from General Greeley. con-
cerning the use of alcohol in the higher
latitudes. as follows:
"Given in small quantities after the day s
work was over, they distinctly stimulate d
the mental faculties without any unpleas-
ant effects. This small quantity was ger
orally about two ounces. More than thi 5
seemed merely waste. In the later his
soty Vi 'ho oApeoit'oh IL "as recotucu that
sne-fourth of an ounce of pure alcohol. d.
luted with three times its weight of wafer
had an equally pronounced effect. 1t
ciSed a,im.niarv vaJue
Ih.vs not s.an the article in tho Eo,,,,,
from which this extract is taken. but will
not question the accuracy of your quotation
/ h.ve no hooks At hand from which to emil
IN. contrary testimony of other arctic nv
nIorers have bowevsr the verbal t.sti-
monv Of a sailor who from an exn.risncs
az months in the nolar regions s.rs dsc;d.
aJlv fiat total .bs,inence i. The sur.st ne
c.ntion .g,inst snffsrinp from cold 10
Jiscovered this for him .eIf nv axnar;,,snt
and II became an sctpowIsdy.d fac, ,monr
tbs sailors from similar exnerimen,s mon
,semS.Iye. '''
Rnt lot ma Law aside conflicting st.t.m.,,s
and t.ts vonr nnot.tiop on its own merits
..Given in small quantities after Tho d,y..
work was over they n sunnose that mean :
Alcoholic Iiouorsl di,tinctIy Stimulated tb.
,D.nt.i f.cnI,iss e,c y
We notice that the ..small ousn,itv- w.s
riven after the davis work was over mot IN
enable them to do the work nor N fortifv
AGAINST cold When the dsy.s work Is oy.r
man n.ads rast not stimuj.,;on-m.nt.I
or nhvsicsI we are not toId tho cbar.c,sr
a, th;s msnt.I stimu,stion w,,han, II M
dorh, tho w.,,v hrain vouId h.y. h,,,, -,
n,irad nv a natural sIaen win /, tho
man vas ,;vaIv sa.iJv smnsad voIuhI. aw-
liberated
Many an ,uthor hss writ,ar n,o.s ,,aa,
the stimulus of wine which A. ths tina no
wrote H.. considered fuII of n,war hmt
which .nrvsyed bv the cool criticism of a
hr,;n In i,s normal cond;tion n. nrororncoJ
nnsrile and nnwortbv of himself
prof WcSherrv ,ays: III NAV h. doph,.d
whether .nch , condition as trns stimuy,.
,ion by Alcohol exists The early nhe-
,omens n corsfuIIu obssrreJ are h stter
sxnIained AZ the b.,inpinp of intoxication y
Taki-g this view of the matter NAV W..
not doubt thst the distinct mental stimula-
tio, Z ,poLe -, Of Nv Gan. G-eeIy was hane-
nci.,p would il not hay, besn wiser 10 hs
dulI and stupid. the natural condition of rs-
,ction from cold and fativue than IN mr.
chase =. mental excitement At the eypense
sf nervous forcep we know that m srean
we are rep.ired and IL repair does not
.n,.I v.sts degeneration follows Wbv
then q, tho c,o.e of a fatiguipy d.v do tho,
which sb.I, still further exhans, tbs vial
.forcesp
Nav ws MT h ius.,faa /,
,h;nk,pv that the final now.rs of
endurance in the las, terrible strain mn,
mon them had heen we,te ened hv On. ,,ra.
tinn made upon the system by alcoboIic
I;onors given ...f,s, the dsv;s ,vorL u.s
go" +, il trr. On. st.t.r,.,, 10 -.
that this stimuIation was ..withon, anv nm
nJeas.nt effects " hut how ia ,b;s 10 ha o.
corto;rsao ITpfortun.,eIy vio,st;n, of ,,b,s-
ic,i law is not sIwavs followed i'm ms aJi.ts,v
nv the nenaltv MANY . sleenIs.s .nffar-
in, dv.pent;c b.. LEANED this in m.tmr.
Uss md ,ckpowIadyes that hi. rscLI..s.
disreg.rd of nhv .caj laws in vontbNwbsn
hs Inc,r that II did not bnrt b;m-b.s
hrongh, man him va.rs of sntfar;ng Tho, .
wis.r vouth vonId have snared him
IN. smell ou,n,i,v,, yivsn "a s,.,s, :,
our ,ext VAS sbout two onnces that is
.hont two t.hIa snoonful. hut wbs,hsr
-, in MIN, ~ ,,,nrs ~ 49, T.,
s,ronosr and tharafo,e sm.,Isr amnn,t -
1s;na ~ hr.ndv or "a ,nra .,coh"I dii',.t
,-i,h 80 40 ar. nn, ,,IS W. aa.s :.
matter The cbsr.c,ar of th. ai,".nt g.
not change m. character of ,h. .,cohoi
.,.r II Va. discova,sJ ,h., "n. tnu-,,,
NJ en- ounca-.homt two ts.sn"onsf,i haa
an aousiiv ,rononncsJ 49, Ia ,ha,
80 ,h., ,ha m.m w.s st;n,i.,. ,.5 go .|
.,I,, h, ,ha ono Fourth o,,,,c, Vs. ,',,,.,, as h,
"a S.sn nrsvionsh, h,, ~. ,,,," n,,rosS
mi ore ~. 70 infer that 10 would M, h.v.
has, so sNsctaJ In the earl sxnar;sn.aS n" of
N. xov.g.sp II II dif,;rn,i 70 dr.w conc,u.
.;",s tom so ,oos. : St.smsn, ''"
to nno'fonr,h "s an "nnc. d. ,,,. ,or,,
,f tw" ounces whv ms. to- oUn.s.s ~ is
St.,sJ that more than two o,,ncss s.c,n.J